University of North Carolina junior defender Caitlin Ball of Chapel Hill, N.C., has been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I women's soccer team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Caitlin was a member of Triangle United for many years with the '91 and '92 Triangle United Gold teams.

Ball is the 17th Tar Heel to be named to the Capital One Academic All-America Teams since 2005 and the 24th Tar Heel women's soccer player so honored dating back to 1983.